Russia and China seem closer than ever notwithstanding the war in Ukraine. The Chinese leadership has refused to criticize Russia despite mounting pressure to condemn the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Just as Russia becomes economically and politically more reliant on its eastern neighbour, China is unwilling to give up years of trust building and forming a united ideological front against NATO and the US. At the same time, China is worried about being affected by the Western sanctions levied against Russia.
Will the partnership between China and Russia evolve into a full-fledged alliance or be weakened after the war? Does the war change the power balance of both great powers with China emerging as the uncontested superior? What role could China play in working towards a ceasefire and peace negotiations to end the war? How should Europe respond to China’s unwillingness to play a mediator role, and instead silently support Russia’s war? Are relations between China and Europe inevitably deteriorating? What will the new “just and democratic world order” which China and Russia are trying to build mean for Europe and transatlantic collective security? What is the significance of the triangle EU-Russia-China for the future security and peace order in Europe?
Programme:
Welcome greetings:
Dr. Mayssoun Zein Al Din
Executive Director of the Academy of International Affairs NRW
Speakers:
Dr. Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Fellow at the Academy of International Affairs NRW, Head of Political Science PhD programme and China Studies Centre at Riga Stradins University, Head of Asia programme at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs
Dr. Sarah Kirchberger
Head of Asia-Pacific Strategy & Security at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK) and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer
University of Bonn
The live stream of the event will be broadcast here: https://www.aia-nrw.org/en/e/friendship-without-boundaries/
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Date:
06/14/2022 18:00 - 06/14/2022 19:30
Event venue:
Academy of International Affairs NRW
Rheinallee 24
53173 Bonn
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Politics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
06/08/2022
Sender/author:
Andreas Schmidt
Department:
Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event71849
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